Canadian County commissioners issued a proclamation last week recognizing October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Carolyn Husmann, associate director of the Intervention Crisis Advocacy Network (ICAN), said Oklahoma ranks third highest in the nation for intimate partner violence.

Statistics show intimate partner violence accounts for 15 percent of all violent crime. A victim of domestic violence will attempt to leave the abuser an average of “seven to nine times” before they actually break free.

CONCHO - The Cheyenne and Arapaho Business Development Corporation has launched Hammerstone Construction Group, its newest subsidiary company.

The company will be based in Concho and will provide general contracting, construction management, excavation, trenching, civil and site work services, site clearing and other commercial construction services.

“We will bring high-quality construction services and craftsmanship to a number of essential projects in local communities and across the region,” said Kyle Spotted Horse, president of Hammerstone Construction.

The Centre Theatre will be the site for a series of Ghost Tours through October.

A group billed as Investigating Oklahoma’s Paranormal, or IOKP, will host the tours that started Oct. 9. The tours are set for Oct. 10, 16, 30 and 31, with two sessions each evening except on Oct. 30 when one tour at 10:30 p.m. will be offered.

The other dates will see tours of the building at 8:30 p.m., with a second tour set for 10:30 p.m.

One of America’s most popular conservative pundits is known for his catchphrase, “Facts don’t care about your feelings.”

While people may feel differently about the policy of SQ 805, here are the facts.

Oklahoma has one of the highest incarceration rates in the country. We have the highest incarceration rate for women. Yet Oklahoma crime rates are not so extreme -- neither in the very worst nor the very best among the states.